5.13.2013

X-wing Friendly

A fighter spaceship can be built out of Friends bricks, just as Melan-E has done. Bricks are bricks in the hobby of LEGO construction toys. As long as there is "clutch power" the creativity factor is infinite. Color combination is about personal taste; the re-creation of a known vessel or structure remains the same in overall shape.
Pink5 is the name she has given to her creation. After viewing it, you can read the story behind the name and the chosen genre.

Here is what she wrote on her photo set description:
"This build in no way is to make the
statement of 'Girls like Star Wars too!
Wooo!'. This build is for the people out
there who either have kids or don't and
intentionally or not, dictate what kids
should like or shouldn't. I'm not saying
that everyone does, but some do and I
deal with those people on a daily basis.
Its the people who walk into the store
and say 'Wheres the girl LEGO?' or 'Why
doesn't LEGO make anything for girls?'
and its not necessarily your fault.
Subconsciously you say these things
because someone taught you long ago that
blue is for boys and pink is for girls.
And hey, when a young girl comes running
into our store and heads straight for
the Friends line, I say awesome and I
ask her what her favourite Friends
character is and what her favourite set
is. And its amazing.

But its the other times when a young
girl is desperately trying to show her
parents how cool the Spiderman sets are
and her dad/mom says 'Sweetheart, that
stuff is for boys, look at the pink
stuff over there' that this built was
made for.

This image is to allow those out there
to see something in a different light,
in this case a different colour, and
open your mind up to the possibility
that yes, your daughter can like Star
Wars (or Batman or Ninja Turtles or
whatever they want) and that is awesome
and absolutely normal :)"